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Group Photo of 2024 City Council. Top Row, Left to Right. Culver, Herbig, Marshall, Loutsis. Bottom row, Left to Right. Srebnik, O'Cain, Sasson.

Top: Councilmember Jon Culver, Mayor Nigel Herbig, Councilmember Joe Marshall, Councilmember Nathan Loutsis. Bottom: Councilmember Debra Srebnik, Deputy Mayor Melanie O'Cain, Councilmember Valerie Sasson

The City of Kenmore operates under a Council-Manager form of government. In this form, the elected seven-member City Council appoints a city manager to provide management direction of all city departments and activities in accordance with Council policies and direction. The City Council is responsible for establishing City policies; enacting and amending City laws; adopting the biennial budget and appointing citizen boards and commissions. City Councilmembers serve staggered four-year terms. All Councilmembers are “at-large” meaning that they serve the City as a whole as opposed to a specific district. The Council selects one of its members to serve as mayor and a second as deputy mayor for two-year terms.

In addition,  City Councilmembers serve on various boards and committees. The current committee list can be found here: 2024 Council Committees

Connect with Council

There are four easy ways to connect with Kenmore City Council:
Coffee with Council
Public Comments
Email the City Clerk's Office
Email Councilmembers

City Council Meetings 

Unless otherwise posted the meetings are held at 7:00 PM the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Mondays of each month on-site in the Council Chambers. Additionally, we try to provide access to the meeting virtually via Zoom webinar and YouTube livestream. 

City Council agendas are available to the public from the City Clerk’s office the Friday prior to the Monday meeting and are posted on the City's website. Agendas are also posted at Kenmore City Hall and copies will always be available at the Council meeting.

Meetings are open to the public, and public comments are accepted at the beginning of regular, non-work session meetings.

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City Council Contact Information and Biographies

Click below to read the Councilmember biographies.

Sasson, Valerie

Headshot of Councilmember Valerie Sasson, taken in 2024
  • Departments:City Council
  • Divisions:Councilmembers
  • Title:Councilmember
  • Phone:(425) 398-8900
  • Email:

Councilmember Sasson currently holds Position No. 3 on the City Council.

  • Current Term January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2027

 

Valerie and her family have made the Moorlands neighborhood of Kenmore home since 2003. Her kids went through the Northshore schools and are Inglemoor High School graduates. She was co-owner and resident midwife of the Puget Sound Birth Center in Kirkland and an adjunct faculty at Bastyr University before retiring in 2022. A member of numerous professional boards and associations, Valerie comes to the Kenmore City Council with extensive small business and public policy experience and a lifelong commitment to social and environmental justice.

Valier is a graduate of Brown University ('86) and the Seattle Midwifery School ('99).

She gardens, hikes, sails, kayaks, bikes, cooks, knits, does yoga, and generally loves all that Kenmore has to offer. 

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